DeLorme .an1 (drawing) file (an1)

This format supports the DeLorme ".an1" drawing file format used by their desktop software like Topo USA. It can
currently be used to either read or write drawing files. If you use
this format to create drawing files with routes or waypoints from another
source, by default it will create "Red Flag" symbols for waypoints, and
thick red lines for routes or tracks. It is possible to merge two drawing
layers by doing something like this:

gpsbabel -i an1 -f one.an1 -f two.an1 -o an1 -F merged.an1

In this case, the merged data will contain all of the
properties of the original data.

type option

Type of .an1 file.

This option specifies the type of the drawing layer
to be created. The supported values are "drawing", "road", "trail",
"waypoint", or "track". If you do not specify a type, the default
will be either the type of the previous an1 file or "drawing" if there
is no previous file. This lets you merge, for example, two road layers
without having to specify "type=road" for the output.

road option

Road type changes.

If you are creating a road layer, you may use the "road" option, which
allows you to change the types of roads based on their names. You can
change multiple roads at the same time. Currently supported types are

Type

Meaning

limited

Limited-access freeways

toll

Limited-access toll highways

ramp

Access ramps for limited-access highways

us

National highways (e.g. US routes)

primary

Primary State/Provincial routes

state

State/Provincial routes

major

Major Connectors

ferry

Ferry Routes

local

Local Roads

editable

User-drawn Roads

GPSBabel defaults to creating editable roads. These are routed just like
local roads, but may be edited with the drawing tools in Street Atlas.

This option has a special format that is best demonstrated by example:

"road=I-599!limited!Beecher St.!major"

This option will cause any road named "I-599" to become a limited-access
highway and any road named "Beecher St." to become a major connector. Note
that roads that have had their types changed in this way are not editable
in Street Atlas, so make sure they are where you want them before you
change them, and make sure to keep a backup of your original road layer.
Note that the ! is a shell metacharacter in bash and possibly other shells,
so you may have to use single quotes or some other escape mechanism.

nogc option

Do not add geocache data to description.

If your original data contains geocaching-specific information such as
difficulty and terrain, GPSBabel will automatically include that information
in the waypoint descriptions in the generated drawing file. If you do not
want that, specify the "nogc" option on the command line:

gpsbabel -i gpx -f 12345.gpx -o an1,nogc -F 12345.an1

nourl option

Do not add URLs to description.

If your original waypoint data contains URLs, GPSBabel will include them as
links in the generated drawing file. This causes the waypoint symbol to have
a blue border, and it causes the waypoint text to be drawn in blue with an
underline.

If you do not want this behavior, specify the "nourl" option on the command
line:

gpsbabel -i gpx -f 12345.gpx -o an1,nourl -F 12345.an1

deficon option

Symbol to use for point data.

This option allows you to specify which symbol to use for points that
don't have a symbol already. It defaults to "Red Flag" but it accepts
any symbol name you can put in a DeLorme export file. To find the name
of a specific symbol in Street Atlas, let the mouse pointer hover over
it for a few seconds and the name will be displayed.

color option

Color for lines or mapnotes.

This option allows you to specify the color for
line or mapnote data. It accepts color names of the form "#FF0000" (red) or any
of the color names from the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
specification.

zoom option

Zoom level to reduce points.

This option specifies at what zoom level Street Atlas will begin showing
reduced versions of your symbols. The default is 10. Setting zoom to 0 will
disable this feature. Setting it to anything but the default will override
the zoom level specified on any waypoints that were read from an existing
an1 file; this is by design.

wpt_type option

Waypoint type.

This option specifies how to represent point data in the draw file.
Valid waypoint types are "symbol", "text", "mapnote", "circle", and "image".
The default is "symbol".

If you specify a waypoint type of "image", you should make sure that the
icon descriptions of your waypoints are the full names, including drive letters
and full path, of image files in a format that works with your DeLorme
product. Note that this means that the .an1 file you generate will not work
on any computer that does not have those images in the same place; this is
part of the design of the an1 format and cannot be avoided.

radius option

Radius for circles.

If the waypoint type is "circle", the "radius" option specifies
the radius of the circles. By default, this is in miles, but it may be
specified in kilometers by adding a 'k'. The default radius is 1/10 mile.